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The Slice archive for July 11, 2012

WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2012

Haunted by nightmarish auto AC

Maybe it is no longer true. Perhaps vehicles such as the ones that shaped my perspective on this are no longer on the road. May they rest in peace. But once it was a sign that you had arrived at a certain station in life…

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When going to an A&W was a big deal 

For me, that would have been in the mid-1960s, when I was kid. You? That was back when the chain apparently put some sort of narcotics in the root beer and chili dogs. Not sure how else to explain how buzzed I would get about…

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The Wednesday Slice question 

Today's Slice question: Which of these lines uttered by movie characters played by Charlton Heston would you most expect to overhear someone in Spokane say? A) "All border towns bring out the worst in a country." B) "Oh, there were women. Lots of women. Lots…

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